Women in Iran Are Leading a Wave of Powerful Anti-Government Protests
glamour.comtaking place in Iran right now, let this be your sign to start. Last week, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody sparked a wave of demonstrations across the country.
Detained by Iran’s infamous morality police for wearing an “improper hijab,” Amini spent three days in a coma before she was pronounced dead of what police are calling a heart attack.
However, seeing officers beat Amini in a police van after her arrest and a source from the hospital told that Amini arrived at the facility having already lost consciousness following “multiple blows” to the head.
Her cause of death, per this anonymous source, was brain trauma.Amini’s death isn’t an isolated incident—far from it. It’s the latest atrocity to emerge from an ongoing crisis of impunity, reinforced through state-sponsored violence.
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